Environmental Health

• Environmental Health Concerns of Pacific Islanders
  When: February 14, 2004
  Where: Ala Moana Hotel , Honolulu, HI
  Institute: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

  This Regional Town Meeting on environmental health concerns of Pacific Islanders is part of a series of periodic meetings established by NIEHS Director Kenneth Olden, Ph.D., that focus on environmental impacts on human health. This meeting in Honolulu will be hosted by the Universities of Hawaii and Arizona. More

  Next Steps
  Please contact John Schelp at (919) 541-5723 or schelp@niehs.nih.gov, or visit www.niehs.nih.gov/drcpt/tm/tndates.htm.  

Eyes and Vision

• V I S I O N Traveling Exhibit in South Dakota
  When: September 14, 2003–January 12, 2004 and January 31–May 16, 2004
  Where: Pierre, SD; Sioux Falls, SD
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  The NEI’s VISION traveling exhibit continues its tour in South Dakota through May 2004. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit was developed as part of NEI’s 25th anniversary celebration. It illustrates how the eye and brain work together to create vision and how researchers are developing ways to protect our sight from visual disorders and diseases. The exhibit includes 10 interactive modules developed by the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA. These modules demonstrate how the eye focuses light, how we perceive motion and color, and how the brain processes visual information into a meaningful picture. More

  Next Steps
  Visit the exhibit at the South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium (www.sd-discovery.com) through January 12, 2004, then at the Kirby Science Discovery Center (www.washingtonpavilion.org/ScienceDiscoveryCenter/Index.cfm) from January 31 through May 16, 2004.  

Population Groups

• "Sister Study" on Breast Cancer Seeks Participants and Recruiters
  When: September 1, 2003–December 31, 2013
  Where: Tampa, FL; Providence, RI; Phoenix, AZ; St. Louis, MO
  Institute: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

  The Sister Study will investigate the influence of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors on the risk of breast cancer and other diseases in the sisters of women with breast cancer. This research by NIEHS will enroll 50,000 women who live in the U.S. and who are the cancer-free sisters of women who have had breast cancer. This group of women will be followed for at least 10 years. More

  Next Steps
  To volunteer as participant or recruiter, women can go to our Web site at www.sisterstudy.org or call our toll-free at (877) 4-SISTER.  

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